Improved stay for trunks



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CHRLESKELLERMANN AND PETER W. STAUFF, or oHIoAeoLLrNols...

eLctt'ers'Patent No; 97,649, dated December 7, 1869.

IMPRQVED STAY FOR TRUNKS'. i

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern :1

Beit kncwnthat we, CHARLES KELLERMANN and PETER W. STAUFF, of Chicago, in the county of Cook,

l and State of Illinois, hl ve invented certain new and nsefnl Improvements in` Trunk-Stays'; and we do l hereby .declare that the following is a full, clear, and

`'exact.description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, `making part of this specilication, and to the letters of reference marked there- -on, like letters in 'dicatinglike parts wherever they occur.

To enable othersskilled in the art to construct and use our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

Our .invention relates to trunk-'stays for holding trunk-tops open or upright, and preventing Vthem from closing accidentally,fand thns endangering the .attendantg`and.

It consists in a novel manner ofconstructing and f arranging a bar, pivoted at`it-s upper end to the trunk top, and provided in its lower endf-with a notch, this notch when the top'is raised, engaging with a staple on the trunk body.` v

In the drawingsi Figure l is a vertical cross-.section of a'trunk with my stay applied, and the top raised, and

Figure 2, a view of `thesame with the topclosed.

In constructing my stay, I provide abar, 0 and form, on one end, a hook, b, and on the inner edgel of this lhook form a notch `or shoulder, a, andthrongh the opposite 4end of the bar make a small hole to l admit a screw, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

'.lhcupper end of this barI attach to one end of the trunk-lid on the inside, by means of a screw, a,

\ allowing the bar to hang down ninside'of therbndy.

y vWitnesses:

To the end of the trunk body, inside, and so as to embracethe bar O, I secure a wide staple or loop, D, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

' `When the parts are thus arranged, if the top is lifted, the bar C is drawn up through thestaple D, until the notch reaches the rear' end of the staple, when the notch will drop down over said arm, and thns the bar locked lin position, the notch preventing a forward movement of the b Y, and the hook a backward movement. l i

When the top is 4to be shut down, it is only necessary to raise the lower end of the bar, and disengage the notch, when the top may be lowered.

As the top is closed down, the bar being guided 'by the staple, lies along on the inside against the end of the trunk, finally assuming the position shown in Iig. 2.

Our device is cheap, simple, and durable, automatic inits operation, and does not in any way inter,- fere with articles packed wit-hin the trunk, a's it closes 'downoutside of thetrap when one is used.

1t is obvious that 'the position of the parts may-be reversed, the bar pivoted to the body, and the staple secured to the top.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim, is l The hook-stay G, pivoted to the lid B, in combination with the horizontal loop D, attached to the body ofthe trunk, when arranged to operate as described and shown, for the purpose specified.

i CHARLES KELLERlVIAlTN.`

PETER W. STAUFF. WM. H. LoTz, FnEDEnIcK FIsoHBEoK. 

